Military Firearms Training

Close-up images of military firearms, including rifles and grenade launchers, showcasing training equipment and combat readiness.

U.S. Army sniper wearing a ghillie suit.

Assault weapon at shooting range to be used in training designed to increase safety and survivability in combat. Military rifle used in practice to increase firearm handling efficiency, close up

A 40 mm practice round is loaded into an M203 grenade launcher mounted on an M16A1 rifle during the DEFENDER CHALLENGE '88. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE '88 Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Russian special forces operator in black uniform.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. William Bozello, a Deer Park, New York, native and a combat engineer with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division, sets security during the Sapper Leaders Course on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 15, 2022. The Sapper Leaders Course provides combat engineer squad leaders with the technical and tactical proficiency required to provide mobility, counter mobility and survivability to infantry company commanders.

U.S. Army sniper wearing a ghillie suit.

An assault rifle, weapons with a cartridges on a dark background.

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Chris Saunders, detective with the Currituck County Sheriffs Office, North Carolina, loads a .50 caliber rifle after the final portion of the School of Infantry-East Scout Sniper Challenge at Stone Bay Rifle Range OP-9, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 29, 2022. The purpose of this challenge was to test snipers in communication, marksmanship and teamwork throughout various competitive relays.

Man pulling trigger of gun

Soldier war against terror in middle east

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Detail of an M240B Medium Machinegun in a Guard Tower at a U.S. Marine Corps Combat Outpost in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires 7.62mm ammunition from an M240B machine gun during a live fire range on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, July 7, 2022. Infantry Marines train with various weapon systems, including machine guns, grenade launchers, and rockets, making them more flexible on the battlefield. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

SENIOR AIRMAN Eric Peter, 169th Security Forces Squardon, McEntire Air National Guard (ANG) Station, South Carolina, qualitifies with his M-16 while wearing a chemical mask at the McEntire ANG range. Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Soldier assigned to Chaos Company, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, holds his M249 light machine gun before a live-fire exercise at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, July 6, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, Americas forward-deployed corps in Europe.

New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers, with 1-114th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, zero fires the M4 carbine before a range qualification on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ, Oct. 23, 2022. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 1-114th Infantry Regiment conducted the zero range for the rest of the regiment before moving on to their weapons qualification.

NAWA, Helmand Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - The dog tags of Lance Cpl. Mark D. Juarez, Trucks Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, hang from an upturned M-16A4 service rifle during a memorial service at Forward Operating Base Geronimo Jan. 19. Juarez, a 23-year-old from San Antonio, was killed Jan. 9 while conducting combat operations in Afghanistans Helmand province.

Close-up of a girl with a Kalashnikov assault rifle.

air soft gun with a protective glasses and lot of bullets

Africa, Botswana, Okavango Delta, Jao Reserve,Tubu Tree. Armed guide with rifle for safety during walking safari.

Modern Elegant Assault Rifle on Grey Background in Switzerland

DF-SD-03-06128. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Zimbabwe. Armed safari guide

Marine soldier carrying rifles seized from the enemy during a military operation

Tech. Sgt. Chelsea Reynolds, 39th Security Force Squadron weapons and tactics section chief, loads a magazine during a shooting competition in commemoration of National Police Week at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, May 20, 2022. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15 falls, as National Police Week. National Police Week pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others.

Army 1ST Lieutenant Glenn Dubis from Fort Benning, Georgia, participates in the shooting competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Base: Chino State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine Corps M240 machine gun sits ready for use during a Marine Air-Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-24 at Range 220, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 21, 2024. MWX is the culminating event for SLTE 2-24 that improves U.S. and allied service members operational capabilities and lethality as a MAGTF. Marine Corps

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Brantley Smith, a fire support Marine with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, reloads an M240B machine gun while engaging simulated targets during weapons training as part of ANGLICO Basic Course 1-22 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 6, 2022. This basic training enhances the capabilities of ANGLICO Marines to plan and execute liaison missions in support of joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational operations.

DM-ST-89-01134. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Close-up of Man Loading Bullets into Gun, Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

DM-ST-89-01132. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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Men armed with AK-47 rifles protect the gorillas from poachers in Rwanda

Front view of man checking shotgun sight while preparing for hunting trip, Tikhvin, Saint Petersburg, Russia

FN FAL 7.62mm L2A1 automatic rifle.

Close up of mid adult female Caucasian law enforcement officer hands on gun aiming.

Asia, Korea,

A British Army Arctic Warfare Magnum L115A3 sniper rifle

Man with gun, gangster, focus on the gun

Undercover police agent is holding a black weapon in his hand, ready for shoot

Reportage in the French National Police's Criminal Research Institute in Rosny-sous-Bois, France. Ballistics Department.

Robber or criminal is aiming with a black gun, blurry face

An M16A2 rifle equipped with an M203 grenade launcher lies in the grass near some of the types of 40 mm ammunition available for use with the M203. The cartidges are, from left to right, multiple projectile, practice, green star flare, white star flare, red star flare and high explosive. Country: Panama (PAN)

A muzzle flash erupts from an M240 machine gun assigned to the 87th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, during a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle mounted gunnery qualification on Fort Stewart, Georgia, July 12, 2022. The qualification ensures Soldiers can work as a cohesive team in simulated combat conditions by testing their shoot-move-communicate drills with efficiency and accuracy.

M-4 Rifle of Security Forces Squadron

Pistol Mauser K96 Model 1912/16. Germany. Latvian War Museum. Riga. Latvia.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. John Mangold, an anti-tank gunner with 3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LAR), scans for targets with a Javelin shoulder-fired anti-tank missile during Exercise Shinka 22.1 at the Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, June 28, 2022. Shinka exemplifies a shared commitment to realistic training that produces lethal, ready, and adaptable forces capable of decentralized operations across a wide range of missions. 3d LAR is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. Mangold is a native of Metamora, Illinois.

Italian TZ-45 9mm submachine gun.

DM-ST-89-01135. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Juvenile holding a pistol

M14 rifle, developed from the M1 Garand.

M3A1 Submachine Gun, 45 caliber. The M3 was commonly referred to as the Grease Gun.

Thompson Model M1A1 submachine gun.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Garrett Fuller, a reconnaissance Marine with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, fires an M40A6 sniper rifle during a pre-sniper course on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, July 7, 2022. The course, a prerequisite to the Scout Sniper Basic Course, is designed to prepare and evaluate Marines in basic sniper fundamentals.

Undercover police agent is holding a black weapon in his hand, ready for shoot

Uniformed police officer aiming a pistol at a tactical and firearms training course at the Panamanian National Police force academy, Panama

Rifles, guns and American flag on table

Schmeisser MP40, submachine gun, c. 1939. German-made, it was designed by Heinrich Vollmer. Steel and rubber. Army Museum. Toledo, Spain.

Close up horizontal image of hand holding knife with armed male soldier in background. Focus on knife and hand.

An M16A4 service rifle, and a sling lay on a table in front of a recruit with Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion during an M16A4 service rifle issue at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Sept. 26, 2022. Recruits were issued rifles and briefed on their responsibilities regarding rifle security, safety and handling.

An M16A4 service rifle, and a sling lay on a table in front of a recruit with Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion during an M16A4 service rifle issue at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Sept. 26, 2022. Recruits were issued rifles and briefed on their responsibilities regarding rifle security, safety and handling.

Robber or criminal is aiming with a black gun, blurry face

The Black Rifle and green backpack, shallow depth of field

A PK 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun.

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050915-A-5679R-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

SGT Bruce E. Avants, 507th Tactical Air Control Wing, aims his M-16 rifle during the marksmanship event, one of several categories in the seventh annual Tactical Air Command and Control Specialists Competition. Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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Close-up shot of Kalashnikov rifle in hands of Army special forces soldier.

Machine guns, close-up.

Soldier with gun in studio shooting

An over the right shoulder, silhouetted shot of US Army Captain Glenn Dubis as he practices for the 2000 Olympic Free Rifle Prone and Free Rifle Three-Position competition in Sydney, Australia on September 17th, 2000. CAPT Dubis is from the US Army Marksmanship Unit at Fort Benning, Georgia. Base: Sydney State: New South Wales Country: Australia (AUS)

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A U.S. Marine with Echo Battery, 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, reloads a primer magazine during Exercise Rolling Thunder 22-2 on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 30, 2022. This exercise is a 10th Marines-led live fire artillery event that tested the units abilities to operate in a simulated littoral environment against a peer threat in a dynamic and multi-domain scenario.

Advanced automatic weapon G36 in armament of NATO and German army.

220425-N-SS900-1025 PACIFIC OCEAN (Apr. 25, 2022) Sailors assigned to the honor guard aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) stand by during a burial at sea, April 25. Vinson is currently underway conducting routine maritime operations in the Pacific Ocean.

Adolescent aiming at camera with a gun

Flak telescope D. F. 10x80 cxn, of the German Air Force in the Second World War

An Army spouse fires an M-4A1 during the Spouse Spur Ride held at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany June 16, 2022. The Spouse Spur Ride held by 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment is a family day event where soldiers spouses and dependents get to partake in basic military training such as grenade throwing, rifle marksmanship, patrolling tactics and first aid.

Rock River Arms AR-15 rifle.

Misc.-Weapons - Revolvers etc. August 20, 1951.

Mans hands holding bullets, close-up

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U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Joe Thomas, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 469, loads ammunition into a GAU-21 machine gun at Kadena Airbase, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 3, 2022. HMLA-469 conducted a Strike Coordination and Reconnaissance drill in order to increase proficiency and lethality throughout the squadron.

Close-up of hunter removing bullet from ammo holder on rifle.

A display represents the Atlas Games at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 22, 2022. The Atlas Games is a battalion field meet that incorporates the full spectrum of leadership skills and teamwork to enhance individual readiness and unit cohesion.

rifle of the Spanish civil war in Ca s Amitger of Punta de Amer, location of the battle of mallorca, Son Servera, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

220917-N-PL946-1038 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 17, 2022) Members of the rifle detail stand at parade rest during a burial at sea aboard the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). During the ceremony, the cremated remains of 30 souls were committed to the sea in the Atlantic Ocean. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications and workups for a scheduled deployment this fall.

Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Khyree Jenkins, from Washington D.C., assigned to USS Gerald R. Fords (CVN 78) air department, fires a 9mm pistol during a small arms sustainment qualification, April 15, 2022. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications and strike group integration as part of the ships tailored basic phase prior to operational deployment.

Man aiming machine gun at firing range

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Terrorist with weapon on a white background

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, load magazines with5.56 NATO rounds during a Live Fire and Maneuver Range in Setermoen, Norway, Feb. 22, 2024. CLB-6 is in Norway as part of Marine Rotational Forces Europe 24.1 which focuses on regional engagements throughout Europe by conducting various exercises, arctic cold-weather and mountain warfare training, and military-to-military engagements, which enhance overall interoperability of the U.S. Marine Corps with allies and partners. Marine Corps

220912-N-GF955-1160BALTIC SEA (Sept. 12, 2022) U.S. Navy Lt. Charles Davis, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), fires an M9 Beretta pistol during a small arms range on the flight deck, Sept. 12, 2022. Paul Ignatius is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Police quick reaction team, special operations tactical group member in mask, helmet and goggles, hiding behind ballistic shield, aiming with pistol in firefight with dangerous criminals or terrorists. SWAT team fighter aiming pistol from behind shield

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